haas vs wharton, which is better for tech entrepreneurship?

Hi Samuel,

Thats a good question and may be hard to answer before getting to any of them. I have been chatting or meeting with current students from both colleges, and in terms of entrepreneurship have seen one common perception - Haas is close to VC world, even more so in Tech world. Students after graduating (at Haas), started more companies (this can be seen in the stats provided by university). But that doest mean you cant do that at Wharton. At very beginning of your idea generation and implementation, you need more minds or analysts or professors, this can be done easily at Wharton. The class size at Wharton is huge, which means there is high probability that you will come across someone like you (who shares same vision). Then you have chances to fine tune your idea working with professors who were once serial entrepreneur. And then you have case competitions etc. as a source of funding.

I guess if were you and really know that I wont survive without starting a company, then I will chat with current professors from both universities, once I get into both of them. Because starting a company means that you are looking for resources and good research centers. Sometimes, your colleagues or professor end up becoming your partner in crime !

(My opinion might be biased, but talk to people who are already there or graduated and more importantly, try to visit them personally !)

Hope this helps !

Regards,